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 Most exhibitions in: |
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| USA | 45 |
| Most exhibitions held at: |
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McKee Gallery, USA |
8 |
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The Corcoran Gallery of Art, USA |
4 |
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Donald Young Gallery, USA |
3 |
Biography: 
1941 Born in Washington, D.C. (US)
1963 Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C., B.A. in Art
1964 - 1966 Travels to Sierra Leone, West Africa, with the Peace Corps
1966 - 1968 Swedish Royal Academy of Art, Stockholm
1969 - 1971 Yale University, School of Art and Architecture, New Haven, CT,
M.F.A in Sculpture
1973 - 1977 Has a studio in Brooklyn, NY
1977 Completes first major outdoor sculpture commission for Artpark, Lewiston, NY
A fire in the Brooklyn studio damages and destroys many sculptures
1978 Moves to Chicago, IL
1982 "Bodark Art," a major outdoor sculpure comission for the Nathan Manilow Sculpture Park, Governors State University, University Park, IL
1983 Travels to Japan on a John S. Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship
1989 Awarded Grand Prize at the Sao Paulo Bienal, Brazil
1990 Leaves Chicago and moves to New York State
1990 Skowhegan Award
1992 - 1993 Works at the Calder Atelier, Saché, France, at the invitation of the French Government
1997 Residency at the American Academy in Rome, Italy
Awards 1962 Baltimore Museum of Art Purchase Prize Baltimore, MD
Awarded studio in P.S. 1, Long Island City, New York, Institute for Art and Urban Resources
1988 The Francis J. Greenburger Foundation Award
1993 College Art Association Award
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Public exhibitions 51
Solo shows 12
2008
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| Martin Puryear - San Francisco Museum of Modern Art - SFMOMA, San Francisco, CA |
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| Martin Puryear - The National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
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| Martin Puryear - The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX |
2007
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| Martin Puryear - MoMA - Museum of Modern Art, New York City, NY |
2005
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| Martin Puryear - New sculpture and prints - Donald Young Gallery, Chicago, IL |
2004
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| Martin Puryear - Irish Museum of Modern Art - IMMA, Dublin |
2003
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| Martin Puryear - BALTIC The Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead (England) |
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| Martin Puryear Recent prints - Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, WA |
2002
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| Martin Puryear - New Sculpture - McKee Gallery, New York City, NY |
2001
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| Martin Puryear - Sculpture Of The 1990s - Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive BAM/PFA, Berkeley, CA |
1985
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| Martin Puryear / MATRIX 86 - Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive BAM/PFA, Berkeley, CA |
1977
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| Martin Puryear - The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
Group shows 39
2009
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| I Have a Dream: International Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. - Rosa Parks Museum , Montgomery, AL |
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| The Endless Renaissance - Bass Museum of Art, Miami, FL |
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| African American Currents: Contemporary Art from the Bank of America Collection - 40 Acres Art Gallery, Sacramento, CA |
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| The Scuptor's Hand - Tasende Gallery - La Jolla, La Jolla, CA |
2008
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| Modernidad americana. Obras de la Corcoran Gallery of Art - Fundación Joan Miró, Barcelona |
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| Black - G Fine Art, Washington, DC |
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| Weighing and Wanting - Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego - MCASD La Jolla, La Jolla, CA |
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| Origins - HVCCA - Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Peekskill, NY |
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| The American Evolution - A History through Art - The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
2007
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| Early Signs: Celmins, Puryear, Youngblood - McKee Gallery, New York City, NY |
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| Major Prints - John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
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| Summer Group Show - McKee Gallery, New York City, NY |
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| Commemorating 30 Years Part I: 1976-1980 - Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago, IL |
2006
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| Expressing Identity - American Prints Since 1980 - Sheldon Museum of Art, Lincoln, NE |
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| Art On The Edge - Contemporary Art From The Permanent - Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, NE |
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| Newark Between Us - Newark Arts Council, Newark, NJ |
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| Art on the Edge - , Omaha, NE |
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| Selections from the Collection of Edward R. Broida - The National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
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| Drawn, Exposed & Impressed - MOCA - Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland, Cleveland, OH |
2005
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| Highlights - John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
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| Black Is a Color: African American Art from the Corcoran Gallery of Art - Taft Museum of Art, Cincinnati, OH |
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| An Intuitive View - McKee Gallery, New York City, NY |
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| African American Art - Masterworks of Contemporary Art - Saint Louis Art Museum, Saint Louis, MO |
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| Summer Group Show - McKee Gallery, New York City, NY |
2004
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| Objects of Our Desire - Sculpture from the Sheldon - Sheldon Museum of Art, Lincoln, NE |
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| Love / Hate. From Magritte to Cattelan. - Villa Manin. Centro d'arte contemporanea, Codroipo (UD) |
2003
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| Drawings - Donald Young Gallery, Chicago, IL |
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| Visions and Revisions - Art on Paper since 1960 - MFA - Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA |
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| McKee Gallery Print Show - McKee Gallery, New York City, NY |
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| Black is a Color - African-American Art at the Corcoran Gallery of Art - The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
2002
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| Gallery Artists - Donald Young Gallery, Chicago, IL |
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| Defying Distinctio - Works from the Addison Collection - Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, MA |
2001
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| SPACE - Selections from the Permanent Collection - University of Massachusetts - Amherst Fine Arts Center, Amherst, MA |
2000
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| New - McKee Gallery, New York City, NY |
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| Group Show - McKee Gallery, New York City, NY |
1998
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| Giacometti to Judd: Prints by Sculptors - MoMA - Museum of Modern Art, New York City, NY |
1992
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| documenta 9 - Documenta, Kassel |
1989
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| 20° Bienal de São Paulo - Bienal de São Paulo, São Paulo |
1988
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| Edelson, Puryear, Scanga, Stackhouse - The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
| Dealer Directory 6 |
USA
| | The Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston, MA
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| | Donald Young Gallery, Chicago, IL
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| | Muse Gallery, Jackson, WY
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| | McKee Gallery, New York City, NY
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| | Senior & Shopmaker Gallery, New York City, NY
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| | Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, WA
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Public collections 16
Sweden
| | The Wanas foundation, Knislinge
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USA
| | Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY
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| | The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
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| | Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA
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| | The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI
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| | The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO
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| | Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego - MCASD La Jolla, La Jolla, CA
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| | The Getty Center, Los Angeles, CA
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| | Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York City, NY
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| | MoMA - Museum of Modern Art, New York City, NY
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| | Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, NE
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| | Saint Louis Art Museum, Saint Louis, MO
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| | Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA
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| | The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
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| | The National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
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| | Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC
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